List of Morningside Mustangs head football coaches

The Morningside Mustangs program is a college football team that represents Morningside University in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, a part of the NAIA. The team has had 23 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1898. The current coach is Steve Ryan who first took the position for the 2002 season.^[1] The program did not field a varsity team in 2001 as the school transitioned from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).^[2]

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General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 2]}	GC	Games coached	CW	Conference wins	PW	Postseason wins
DC	Division championships	OW	Overall wins	CL	Conference losses	PL	Postseason losses
CC	Conference championships	OL	Overall losses	CT	Conference ties	PT	Postseason ties
NC	National championships	OT	Overall ties^{[A 3]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 4]}

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	Robert Van Horne	1898, 1900	6	2	3	1	.417	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	no team	1899	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	unknown	1901	5	2	3	0	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Charles G. Flanagan	1902	3	1	2	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Everett M. Sweeley	1903	8	5	3	0	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Eli F. Peckumn	1904	7	0	4	3	.214	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	John L. Griffith	1905–1907	23	13	6	4	.652	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	John W. Hollister	1908–1910	24	11	10	3	.521	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Harry W. Ewing	1911	9	6	3	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Jason M. Saunderson	1912–1941	224	116	97	11	.542	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Stafford Cassell	1942	8	2	6	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	no team	1943–1944	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Russell Hughes	1945	5	2	2	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Les Davis	1946–1947	17	7	9	1	.441	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	George H. Allen	1948–1950	29	16	11	2	.586	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Clayton Droullard	1951–1954	33	16	16	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Dewey Halford	1955–1973	168	73	92	3	.443	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	John Dornon	1974–1976	27	4	22	1	.167	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Steve Miller	1977–1979	29	4	23	2	.172	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Lyle Eidsness	1980	11	3	8	0	.273	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tim McGuire	1981–1982	22	7	15	0	.318	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Erv Mondt	1983–1988	66	19	46	1	.295	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Dave Dolch	1989–1992	43	14	28	1	.337	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Charlie Cowdrey	1993–1995	33	5	26	2	.182	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Dave Elliott	1996–2000	55	7	48	0	.127	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
X	no team^[2]	2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Steve Ryan	2002–	299	249	50	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Venues	Elwood Olsen Stadium
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Seasons	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championship seasons in bold

List of Morningside Mustangs head football coaches

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